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The Clean Air Scorecard Tool helped the most polluted cities to identify gaps in air quality management and introduce measures to rectify them.
In the Greater Mekong Subregion, environmental assessment for livestock value chains projects helps avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental, health, and safety risks.
Nepal has made it easier to move goods across borders by updating customs software, constructing a new inland clearance depot, and rehabilitating border access roads.
Change management, effective public–private partnership, and regulation are crucial to the success of citywide inclusive sanitation programs.
One way to counter negative perceptions about technical and vocation education and training (TVET) programs is to promote them through better communications.
A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.
The Islamic Development Bank shares its experience in microfinance and group value chain financing to improve access to credit in rural areas.
Using batteries to store energy can help improve the efficiency and flexibility of power systems that are integrating new and renewable energy sources into the grid.